[Python-Dev] Adding NewType() to PEP 484 (original) (raw)

André Malo nd at perlig.de
Sat May 28 07:26:57 EDT 2016


On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 04:01:11PM -0700, Guido van Rossum wrote: > Also -- the most important thing. :-) What to call these things? We're > pretty much settled on the semantics and how to create them (A = > NewType('A', int)) but what should we call types like A when we're > talking about them? "New types" sounds awkward.

TypeAlias? Because A is an alias for int?

I like the view C takes on this: typedef.

Cheers,

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